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Example 70-1
Ham bejo ek larika.
Ham
1sg
bejo
send
ek
one
larika.
boy
I sent a boy.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel 1987
: 250
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
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